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"Let George Do It."
It is a lamentable fact that thous
ands of otherwise good, loyal ciri
tzens of this country have never
"Outgrown that boish inclination to
want "George" to do it They have
toot realized that both themselves
;and "George" have grown to man's
istature and assumtd man's obliga
tions. In fact we as a people have been
Hong accustomed to regard with
complacency that familiar quotation
"That which is everybody's business
iis nobody's business," until the very
thought has become a part of our
matures.
But we are now being rudely
aroused to the unpleasant fact that
"""George" is busy too busy to as
sume the obligations that we fain
would shirk. He has also a task
tfhat is calling for the best that is in
iiiim. In this emergency there are
U)ut two courses left to us either to
ibravely shoulder our load and march
with the workers or shirk the re
sponsibility and be relegated to the
Tear with the other slackers
And what a world of shame and
disgrace can be compressed into
Uhat word "slacker " With what con
tempt we have always regarded the
-balky horse, rearing and plunging
and fretting himself into a fever
just to escape the task of drawing
a load, the burden of which would
have been far less tiresome than his
illy, obstiuate objections.
Thus with some people who call
themselves good Americans. The
Jload they are asked to assume would
Jiot prove at all oppressive if taken
mp cheerfully and carried patiently
and bravely.
It isn't only the German spy, the
German sympathizer or even the
ipro-German American who is doing
'most to clog the wheels of (he great
war machine The heaviest drag to
that machine is thu man who whines
Jfor "George" to do the work that
even his own craven conscience
t el Is him he, himself, should do He
as not only not a help, but is a dead
weight because he is leaving un
done that which hi government
had every reason to expect he
would do.
Reader, if you are expecting
""George" 10 do it, take another
think. 'George" is busy desDer
tely busy and has neither the time
tnor the inclination to take rp the
(burden you have so shamefully cst
down and abandoned.
Milk is the cheapest food to buy
during these war times. Kidd's
Dairy has it.
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Italy's Message
Following is a translation of a
message from the King of Italy to
the President, which was read by
the Italian Ambassador on the oc
casion of the celebration of the third
anniversary of Italy's entrance into
the war, Thursday evening. May 24:
"On the occasion of Italy's en
trance into the war, which your
country is commemorating. I have
the pleasure of sending to you, Mr.
President, and to the American
people my warm greetings and those
ofthe Italian nation. It is now three
years since Italy unsheathed her
sword in the defense of the same
ideals to which the mighty North
American Republic later brought
the powerful aid of its moral and
and physical support. The con
science of the nation rebelling a
gainst any attempt to overwhelm,
no matter whence it might come,
drove Italy to the side of the peop les
who are fighting for the sacred
principles of right which we want
to have embodied in the liberation
of our brothers laboring under the
foreign yoke and in the vindication
of our legitimate right to live in
safety, without which no stable
peace can be secured for the future.
On the fields of battle in France the
brotherhood of the North American
and Italian armies has found its
consecration May tbte be the
happy augury of the ever closer
collaboration for the future of the
two peoples on the active path of
civic progress."
Vittorio Emanuele.
How To Candle Eggs
If you are going to put away some
summer-laid eggs for winter use as
of course, you are. it being both a
patriotic and a personal duty you
will need to exercise considerable
care that only good eggs are put in
the waterglass or limewater contain
er. One bad egg is likely to destroy
several others. By consistently
gathering the eggs when they are
fresh, most of the danger of storing
bad eggs is avoided, but since it is
necessary to hold the eggs until a
sufficient number is accumulated to
fill the container, and since some
eggs qre imperfect when they are
laid, candling, where it can be done
without too much trouble and delay,
might well bepraci iced. The United
States Department of Agriculture
has just issued a bulletin on "How
to Candle Erfgs ." The text is brief
and direct and is illustrated with
colored plates showing the way in
which an egg should appear before
the candle, together with the various
ways it should not appear. The
bulletin was written by Dr. M. E
Pennington, chief of the food re
search laboratory, assisted by M K.
Jenkins, bacteriologist, and H. M.
P. Betts, artist. It should be of
great use, not only to persons put
ting away eggs for home use. but.
as well, for all those who desire to
establish or maintain a reputation
for delivering eggs in perfect condition.
Floyd C. Shoemaker, secretary of
the State Historical Soeiety, in
answer to the question: "What's the
matter with Missouri?" asked him
by Ed White at Macon, says: "Not
a thing on God's green earth, except
we do more advertising of our mules,
clam buttons and corncob pipes than
we do of our men. When you go
traveling and somebody introduces
you as the man from Missouri, the
new acquaintance smiles and wittily
observes, "Oh, yes that's where
they raise the big mules. We never
met up with that remark. Our ex
perience has always been: 'Ob, yes,
you want to be shown.' "
The financial report ofthe county
and the proceedings of the County
Board of Equalization form exciting
reading in a number of Missouri pa
pers just now. '
Look up your last summers
clothes and let us fix them for you
now. L. L Lane, Tailor.
The Normal School
AT KIRKSVILLE
Summer Term, May 20 to August 7
Never was there need so great as now. That need is for teachers fit for serv
ice to back up the men that fight for freedom The Normal School makes a
special appeal to five hundred mature, retired teachers. It opens its doors to them.
It asks them to enter the summer term, head the procession, review the old stud
ies, get uext to the new ones. There is great shortage of teachers shortage of
100,000 in America. Salaries are being raised. School-boards pay for what they
can get. The war strips the education service to get effective fighters and war
workers The vacant ranks must be filled.
The Normal School has facilities unsurpast. It covers all the school and col
lege studies exceptionally well. The state furnishes it the facilities and demands
of it the service. Its buildings are not the newest; they are the cleanest, most
convenient, accessible and comfortable. They are not fire-proof; they are pro
tected by modern fire-fghting apparatus. They are not the biggest; they are the
roomiest. They are not the showiest; they are the coolest in summer-time and
best equipped.
The faculty members are vigorous, progressive, and up-to-date, fhey visit
Missouri schools They know Missouri problems. They participate in the great
est variety of educational conventions in their district, in tieir state, in the Unit
ed States.
Summer term students are welcomed into the good homes of Kirksville. The
Normal School is opening the best cafeteria money, can make. Thru scientific
cooking it offers the best of food at the lowest rates. Three dollars a week should
feed the healthiest man or woman. Cme quick, if you can; come when you can;
come without fail. Don't stop at doing your bit, come and do your dead level
best.
JOHN R. KIRK, President.
State Fair.
The Missouri State Fair, which
will be held August 10 to 17 at
Sedalia, will be of special interest
to farmers in its relation to war
time production. E. A. Trowbridge,
professor of Animal Husbandry in
the University of Missouri College
of Agriculture, pointed out in a re
cent statement the importance of
the fair to the livestock producers
of the state "There has never been
a time in the history of livestock
business when livestock improve
ment was more necessary, nor when
there was greater interest" in better
blood," said Professor Trowbride
"The state fair offers the livestock
man opportunity to see some of the
best breeding animals in the state,
and to compare them with his own
ideals. It also gives prospective
purchasers opportunity to meet and
get in touch with the breeders who
have animals for sale."
The Missouri State Fair has al
ways been one of the big educa
tional institutions of the state. It
is an advertisement for the state
and every man who has good quali
ty products that stand a chance of
winning should exhibitthem so that
the best possible showing can be
made. Furthermore, they should
attend the fair so that they may
obtain information and inspiration
from the exhibits. This is true, not
only of the livestock, exhibits, but
of the products of all other
branches of agriculture and indus
try. The fair will offer suggestion s
of replacing labor with machinery
and of increasing production wit h
present equipment.
Some Colorado woman, bent on
doing things, has sent out requests
in the name of Red Cross activities,
for south ends of worn out men's
shirts. She uses plain Englisb and
is calling (or "shirt tails." She ex
plains that the specified material
will be made into kitchen aprons
and sold for the benefit of the Red
Cross. That's some enterprise. Why
not include in the budget the north
end of women's stockings to be re
constructed into haversacks for the
soldiers and into feed sacks for the
cavalry? If we are to do things for
the purpose of attracting attention
why not work in as much of the
spectacular as possible?
For pure Jersey milk call up
Kidd's Dairy. Bell phone 125.
Roosters Doomed.
Roosters were responsible for a
five million dollar loss to the egg
industry of Missouri last year Hens
will produce just as many eggs, and
better eggs, without the rooster. The
fertile eggs which are produced
when the rooster is allowed to re
main with the laying flock are sus
ceptible to spoilage v;ry quickly,
especially in hot weather. Infertile
eggs which are produced when the
roosters are isolated from the laying
flock have better keeping qualities
than fertile eggs.
Poultry specialists of the Univer
sity of Missouri College of Agricul
ture, together with the Food Ad
ministration, county agents, home
demonstration agents, and produce
dealers, have designated June I to
8 as the date for disposal of the
male birds Home demonstration
agents will demonstrate how the
rooster may be eliminated from the
poultry flock, and may be devoted
to relief the meat shortage. By
slaughtering the birds and canning
them by the cold pack method, the
meat may be preserved indefinitely.
If the own rs do not care to can
the roosters they may dispose of
tbem to the produce dealers. Per
sons who desire to keep their
roosters may do so by placing them
in internment camps until warm
weather is passed. They are not
necessary except when eggs are
being produced for hatching.
The time has come when unscien
tific patching of country roads
ought to cease The farmer needs
a good road a great deal more than
the pleasure driving automobilists
To the latter a bad road meaas sim
ply a little discomfort To the
farmer it means many hours of
time wasted while he draws his
loads through the sloughs of mud.
It means that he must keep more
horses and thai his beasts of bur
den will wear out quicker. Let
every farmer insist that the road
officials of bis neighborhood do
modern, scientific work.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Alwaja bean
tba
Signature of
Other towns may be jealous of
our city and it's trade, but there is
no jealousy on our part of our peo
ple. Our merchants and our busi
ness men are liberal in their deal
ings and hold out inducements in
both quality and price to draw
trade They advertise this fact and
when people come they find things
as advertised, and this, with tne
disposition to please are sure trade
winners. This is why ' people are
coming from other towns to trade.
You can't keep them away.
S. R O Business at Gem Theatre
on Wednesday night? Oh! You
know. "The Eagles Eye" is present
ed on Monday each week. Start
now it runs for 20 weeks, real en
tertaining picture founded on facts,
endorsed by the Government.
For Rent Six-room dwelling in
west part of city. In good condition,
good location, reasonable rent.
Jim Christian
The National
Parks
will be open this sum
mer. SCENIC
COLORADO
and all the other delight
ful health, rest and
pleasure resorts in our
fascinating and glorious
West-America, will wel
come you as usual-summer
tourist fares will be
made.
When you make up
your mind to which one
you are going, I'll be
glad to help you plan a
trip that will make your
1918 outing a memor
able one. S.B.Thiehoff,
Ticket Agent, The
Pleasant Way to Travel
Everywhere West